title: A very elderly lung cancer patient: case report of a long disease free survival.
abstract: Despite the fact that non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is very common in the older population, these patients are frequently underrepresented in clinical and surgical trials and thus it is difficult to reach evidence-based recommendations for this special population. We present a case of a surgical treatment of asymptomatic lung cancer in a very elderly patient. The patient had no recurrence for 4 years after a complete resection.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Toracica e Generale, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testori
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meroni
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cariboni
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Errico
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Voulaz
authors.forename: Valentino Maurizio
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alloisio
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed